About
The 500 Club (formerly known as Fox Den Country Club and Larkin Golf Club) is a premier entertainment destination for the Lake Norman region. This relaxed club with NASCAR roots provides a laid-back experience, quick pace of play, and plenty of entertainment to make it a destination. World-ranked Head Golf Professional and Assistant Professional offer private and group lessons and clinics. While the course is on the shorter side, the elevation changes and native grass areas make it challenging and strategic. Pace of play is the focus in every round so pick your tees by average driving distance, use the drop zones if needed, and play "Ready Golf" to keep your round moving. Starters, Rangers, and the Pro Shop staff will keep you well informed on any tips that might be useful for the day.
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Golfer Photos
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Photo submitted by shields95 on 08/31/2026
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Photo submitted by jaz4859 on 07/29/2025
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Photo submitted by u314163189135 on 08/08/2022
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Photo submitted by u000002801719 on 06/09/2022
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Photo submitted by u314161005018 on 11/11/2021
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Back 9 Fox Den loved the course. Photo submitted by Cameron5175 on 10/12/2013
Golfer Reviews
Always a good course!
Love this course. But, today the pace of play was terrible. We were a threesome behind a VERY slow foursome. Guys had no business playing from the blue tees. Took way too much time between shots. 2.5 hours to play the front nine. Called the clubhouse to complain & their solution was just to play the front nine again. They should have sent somebody out to tell those guys to pick up the pace. But, the course was in great shape as always & it was a nice day to play.
Good value
Lots of elevation change and a few blind shots. Overall very good condition, fairways great, greens pretty good, smooth but a bit slow. Will be back.
Great course. Not much for warmup but great course and great layout. Very mountainous and many changes of elevation.
Great course, but a little too busy
This course is in great condition, I play here often, but with their recent membership program, which is a good deal, it can get too busy. They ran out of carts several times on this day. I have a feeling that people are signing up as singles to get a cart to themselves due to Covid-19. They may need to start restricting that, but otherwise a tough, well kept course.
Good Course
The course was in good shape. Great little layout. The front and back 9 are like playing different courses. The greens were in great shape and only one fringe (#18) that needed help. Would definitely play Larkin again.
Good round
Another good round at Larkin, the layout of this course is challenging and unassuming. Pace of play was slow for the front nine and quick for the back,. I will definitely recommend and I’ll be back
Larkin Golf Club
Played Larkin today. They were observing some social distancing rules (max 5 people in the clubhouse at any one time, no pencils on the carts), but at the same time they still had bunker rakes out and divot bottles on the carts. Construction continues along 11, 12 and 15. It's a shame, as the 12-15 stretch down in the valley used to be a neat little secluded part of the course, but the houses are now encroaching on that. We were sent off the back as they were doing some maintenance on the front. They were topdressing the greens on the front, but the sand didn't affect the greens at all. Greens were in fairly good shape, not the best I've seen around this spring, but certainly acceptable. Fairways were in great shape, as were most teeboxes. A couple of boxes in shady areas were a little thin. The bunkers were probably the worst aspect of the course. The sand was hard packed in most of them. Pace of play was good; our twosome made it around in 3:10.
Great Course
Course was beautiful. It was just aearated which put a damper on my putting. But for the value, I’ve never seen a better combination of trees, brush, water, and fairway. Just beautiful. Lots of elevation changes.
4/9/20
Staff is the friendliest group of people. The bring the cart to you when you show up and, amidst the situation that is going on these days, pick up the cart. The course is a pretty course. One tee box was being worked on so the grounds grew came over and flattened the dirt. Fairways were good and greens rolled true. I’d definitely come back!
One of the best courses in the area
Greens were recently plugged which made putting tough but the course was in great condition overall. Great layout.
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